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Convert LPCOLESTR to BSTR?

Any ideas on how to make a BSTR out of an LPCOLESTR? Silly thing to get hung up on..

Solution

  • An LPCOLESTR is just a const wchar_t*, so you can use SysAllocString() to create a BSTR:

    LPCOLESTR olestr = ...;
BSTR bstr = SysAllocString(olestr);

    Be sure to call SysFreeString() when you're done with your BSTR. See also the MSDN documentation on BSTRs